And, at the end of it all, Australia emerged from a night of incident and accident having avoided the ignominy of a 3-0 whitewash. There was to be no glorious farewell for a British and Irish Lions side that had thought of themselves as history-makers;

The Wallabies prevented a British and Irish Lions clean sweep of its Australian tour with a rousing 22-12 win in the third rugby test on a night of wild weather at Sydney's Olympic Stadium.

Australia bounced back to get a consolation win in the third Test against the British and Irish Lions after a 22-14 victory in Sydney on Saturday.